Don Carlo (Verdi) - 1967

Don Carlo - Tokyo, 1967
Sandor Konya (Don Carlo)
Nicola Rossi Lemeni (Felipe II)
Gwyneth Jones (Elisabetta)
Biserka Cvejic (Eboli)
Sesto Bruscantini (Rodrigo)
Conductor: Oliviero de Fabritiis

[@brunnhilde7193]

This is wonderful! What a beautiful and colossal voice Dame Jones had!

[@Shurvoice]

How did you ever find this rare, historic and FABULOUS video of Verdi's music sung and acted with unforced drama and beauty of tone, by great artists, the likes of which we don't have today? I especially am fascinated wtih Sondor Konya's magnicent tenor voice and his acting. I studied with Rossi-Lemeni opera Stage Directing, (and voice with the legendary Virginia Zeani, his wife). I also sang the role of MARINA in his last performance of the opera "Boris Godonov" which he directed, and performed the lead role in, during his tenure as teacher and Stage Director, at Indiana University, Bloomington.

[@ronkalinovsky6898]

Perhaps you know my voice teacher, Peter Volpe? He was Pimen in that performance of Boris Godunov, and was Rossi-Lemeni's protégé; he's now himself a professor at IU!

[@user-py1jg6bb2r]

Sesto Bruscantini delivers so magnificently...how gorgeous, how grand! Bravo!!!

[@emitch9213]

NOW, these are those great sets and costumes of the TRUE GRAND OPERA! Wonderful to see what you have posted. 1967 was only yesterday, as far as, the musical opera riches were. Exploding everywhere, we remember those years, today, as exhilarating and beyond what we expected that there will never be a time like this, again. Thank you!

[@greatmomentsofopera7170]

How extraordinary to hear early Gwyneth Jones!

[@xxsaruman82xx87]

Konya, Bruscantini, Rossi-Lemeni and Maestro De Fabritiis are the best!

[@xxsaruman82xx87]

Konya, Bruscantini and Ross-Lemeni are fantastic!

[@laprimmadonna2341]

Genialllllllllll❤❤❤❤❤Qué maravilla de versión, excelente reparto, impecable dirección…hermoso perfomance…mil gracias.

[@jackhamm1745]

Dame Gwyneth is a delight to see and hear. This is an exhilarating performance and I love it. Bravi!!!

[@mariarosaavila8371]

Millones de gracias por compartir tan magnífica ópera. Un placer increíble disfrutar de una música que alimenta el alma. ¡Felicitaciones! 🍀 💕 🎶 .¡Felicitaciones

[@TimothyJonSarris]

Konya’s voice captures perfectly the characters suffering and pathos. Seems like he sort of specialized in that throughout his career.

[@walterfink1641]

Das ist die herrlichste und erschütterndste Aufnahme der Philipparie, die ich kenne. Eviva il maestro Nicola Rossi-Lemeni, Cantore edanche poeta!

[@carsten8635]

Vero!

[@manolis.799]

Gwyneth Jones’ voice was so powerful it knocked the cameras out at 3:00:55!

[@oliverdelica2289]

Holy darn you are right 😂

[@Stolzing82]

If you watch her 1993 Tristan from Tokyo, you can see the camera actually shakes when she hits the high note at the climax of the Liebestod. I heard her sing it live once even later, from the second row. She was amazing.

[@laprimmadonna2341]

La señora Jones es magnífica, una gran Isabel de Valois, una voz extraordinaria. Versátil en el repertorio italiano. Saludos cordiales

[@jasonmicheals5594]

i love early,mid,and late gwyneth jones...thank-you for the posting.

[@SilfredoSerrano]

I love early Gwyneth Jones!

[@kumadanieldt]

Gwyneth Jones without the wobble!!!

[@Triosfrios]

This was before Wyneth decided to become a human trumpet and went into singing mostly Wagner. Her voice was beyond humongous! It was like a tornado warning siren! Good though, for Wagner, no doubt.

[@alexopera980]

Madam Cvejic was great singer!

[@danievantonder5064]

Brilliant Dame Gwyneth!

[@CarlosDaniel-yu9zd]

Grande Inquisitore: Antonio Zerbini

[@cliffgaither]

Carlos Daniel :: Thank you ! Forgetting the singer Antonio Zerbini, in the credits, as the Grande Inquisitore, really throw me off !

[@WotanKlingsor]

Perfect voice!!

[@mauriciofelipetejoarriagad3732]

2:03:00 glorioso Rossi-Lemeni.

[@hashatz]

Yes. All is well and good. But, who is the marvelous bass that sings the role of the Grand Inquisitor?

[@pabloporrase]

Who is The Grand Inquisitor?

[@CarlosDaniel-yu9zd]

Antonio Zerbini

[@hansrichardnohrer2834]

Ein sehr gutes video gut dirigent orchester chor solisten bühnenbild

[@CarlosDaniel-yu9zd]

2:03:03 fantastic!

[@antem9896]

Bruscantini è il migliore Rodrigo!!! Ancora meglio di Cappuccilli

[@adrianmartin9675]

Pro trick: watch movies on flixzone. Me and my gf have been using it for watching loads of movies lately.

[@irajose5253]

@Adrian Martin Definitely, I've been using flixzone for since december myself =)

[@magdavasiliu6709]

O forse Giorgio Zancanaro...

[@anditag508]

Cevic, Konya and Bruscantini are wonderful. Jones at her best - her pianissimi send the listener to heaven. Rossi-Lemeni is sometimes too light. The great inquisitor is great, who is he?

[@juliogonzalezcampayo3201]

@andy tag: Antonio Zerbini.

[@sanjamarinkovic9040]

You think - Cvejic?! She is , was always excellent in this role.

[@earl_lemongrab2089]

Much as I appreciate Konya's Lohengrin, I don' think he is right for Don Carlos. And what a wonderful Posa Bruscantini makes, just as in the 1968 Roma Don Carlos under Previtali.

[@xxsaruman82xx87]

He is more suited to Don Carlos than Lohengrin, actually, because he is a lyric tenor, not a dramatic.

[@pitvla8]

@@xxsaruman82xx87 They apparently didn't think so 50 years ago, when Kónya made quite a career of singing Lohengrin, even in such huge houses as the Metropolitan Opera.

[@xxsaruman82xx87]

@@pitvla8 So? 50 years ago, Cossotto was singing all the Verdi mezzo roles, yet she is an undeveloped soprano. And look at Windgassen. Oh, and Schwarzkopf. I didn’t say Konya’s voice was small - it wasn’t. But it was still that of a lyric tenor’s, not a heldentenor’s.

[@geoffreyriggs2397]

@@xxsaruman82xx87 And Lohengrin is _not_ a Heldentenor. He is a Jugendlich, and Konya defined Jugendlich. That means one is ideally suited for Lohengrin and Walther above all. I saw Konya's Walther. His was the most beautiful and most suitable voice for the role I ever heard in person.

[@alanshaw3699]

Konya' could encompass a wide range of tenor roles, including operetta, Puccini (Fanciulla, Manon Lescaut), Verdi (Ballo), Offenbach (Hoffmann, Gounod (Roméo), Donizetti (Lucia) and the lyric Wagner, (Lohengrin Meistersinger). This Don Carlos is fine, only one step from his best in the early sixties.'

[@vassiliskostopoulos]

Who is singing Inquisitore?

[@vassiliskostopoulos]

Zerbini antonio

[@francisca1378]

yes, it is antonio zerbini

[@ColonelFredPuntridge]

@@francisca1378 And who is singing the Old Monk (Frate) who turns out to be Carlo Quinto (or his ghost)?

[@chesterinthefield]

@@ColonelFredPuntridge I think that Frate is Franco Pugliese.

[@ColonelFredPuntridge]

@@chesterinthefield Mille grazie, mio signore, del favore, del'honore!

[@gerardcohen7780]

Ne peut-on supprimer ces insupportables sous-titres ?

[@emmanueldubus1199]

I'm always shocked when the audience applauds well before the orchestra has finished... It's disrespectful to the musicians.

[@mariefrancelartigau1393]

Magnifique ,mais quand pourrais avoir les sous titres en français

[@ci7446]

1884 milan version.

[@rattusyu5905]

2:16:03 She's a screamer!

[@denizuzunmezzo]

Rattus Yu this “screaming” lady made one of the hugest career and sang still beautifully in her very very old years! kzbin.info/www/bejne/j3y6gJitfJKjra8

[@arrassip]

Rattus Yu what you say is a nonsense

[@jeffreymiller4814]

Oh dear. Alas, you’re perception is WAY off.

[@desideria7801]

You are absolutely right!

[@acacia-bloom]

@@denizuzunmezzo As much as I worshiped her in certain roles, she did spend a fair amount of her "hugest career" screaming. But it was always impressive.

[@francescoponti4130]

trovate un Posa migliore

[@xxsaruman82xx87]

What? Bruscantini is magnificent here

[@giudiciadanna4550]

Nicola Rossi Lemeni superbo. Sesto Bruscantini non si puo' sentire, brutto timbro, faticoso il canto, parla piu' che cantare e poca nobilta'... eppoi comunque fuori parte . Konya voce bellissima e delinea un bel Carlo. Il resto....

[@xxsaruman82xx87]

That's ridiculous. Bruscantini is fabulous here

[@walterbeloch1207]

Sordo e ridicolo quello che lei è ! Va da uno dottore

[@francescoponti4130]

Di Eboli non si capisce una parola sia nella CAnzone del velo sia nel Don Fatale

[@desideria7801]

All singers and a conductor are outstanding, but sorry, Gwyneth Jones is nothing for me. She is antimusical and screamed in her early years and continued to scream till the end of her career. And as a human being she is quite antipathic.

[@CarlosGomes-wi2ti]

Antimusical hahahahaha

[@desideria7801]

@Bravo Luca Antimusicale sarebbe più chiaro?

[@acacia-bloom]

What exactly do you consider "antimusical" about her performance (the word doesnt exist in English btw)

[@annikan.351]

@@acacia-bloom against music.

[@acacia-bloom]

@@annikan.351 Against music means you dont like listening to music - not relevant here

[@annikan.351]

Non ho mai sentito una Elisabetta così orrende! Se una cantante è stonatissima, non è capace legare due note senza fare portamento, se ogni attacco è fuori e gli acuti siano peggio di un gatto, perché allora scritturarla?! Ci potrebbe essere unica spiegazione, un ricco "mecenate". Peccato per la recita, il resto del cast era eccellente.

[@pitvla8]

What nonsense. You have no idea what you are talking about.

[@gaddovarzi6980]

Evidentemente Rossi Lemeni, essendo un re, crede di poter mettere corone dappertutto, allungando le note oltre il ridicolo. Degno collega di Del Monaco nella mancanza totale di qualsiasi gusto e stile musicale.